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Re: Acklington

The large hangar at Acklington is a Gaydon hangar, of that there is no doubt.

The Gaydon hangar was not a V bomber hangar, it was just a design that was utilised in the mid fifties when the majority of the large airfield expansion projects that required new hangarage were the rebuilt V-bomber airfields.
Where other hangarage was required at the time, the design was also utilised.

It is called a Gaydon hangar because the first two examples were erected at RAF Gaydon.

An earlier poster, PJH, is spot on with the requirement for additional hangarage at Acklington. When it resumed life as a front line fighter base there was a need for additional hangar space, hence the Gaydon being erected. They also exist at Valley and Macrihanish, 2 other stations that were never envisaged as V bomber stations.

Proposed RAF Acklington memorial

A memorial is to be built here in a project led by the local RAFA organisation . Donations payable to Newcastle RAFA , and any enquiries , may be sent to the
RAF Acklington Memorial Appeal Treasurer , 7 Caernarvon Close , Newcastle Upon Tyne . NE5 4TB . Sorry , no more details at present .

Re: Acklington

A new memorial commemorating 29 allied aircrew who were killed flying from Acklington was dedicated at
St John The Devine Church , Red Row near East Chevington just to the east of the old airfield site in May , see here ; http://www.acklingtonparish.org.uk/ .

Also click on the 'Recent History' box for more details of RAF Acklington .

Re: Acklington

Originally Posted by David Thompson

A new memorial commemorating 29 allied aircrew who were killed flying from Acklington was dedicated at
St John The Devine Church , Red Row near East Chevington just to the east of the old airfield site in May , see here ; http://www.acklingtonparish.org.uk/ .

Also click on the 'Recent History' box for more details of RAF Acklington .